Parin is a big city enthusiast, who loves to know the relation between city planning and its impact on citizens’ way of life: on how people in the city move, live, work, and socialize. He believes that the best way to experience a place is walking on its streets and traveling through public transport.

His work focuses on programmes on walking, cycling, parking management, and other travel demand management measures. He leads the team to create planning and design guidelines. He led the creation of technical guidelines for safe and attractive cycling and walking infrastructure for the India Cycles4Change and Streets4People Initiatives by the Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs. He was involved in preparing various urban street design guidelines at the Indian Roads Congress. He contributed to ITDP’s Mumbai Congestion Pricing study, and presently exploring Low-Emission Zones for Indian cities.

Before joining ITDP, he worked as an architect and urban designer on a variety of institutional, housing, public building, and street design projects.

In his free time, he enjoys learning about the science of physical workouts and nutrition.